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Sylvie's Technique Vlog - Barefist Training vs Training with Bag Gloves

My vlogs are just me talking about my experiences with techniques over the years.

About 6 years ago I broke my hand in a fight. As I was recovering from that, training around it, I started in...

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Muay Thai 4 MMA | Chamuakpet’s Knee Pressure: Lessons from the Library

Our note: Out of the enthusiastic study & support of all our patrons we've begun hiring passionate writers to add to the incredible things going on here. This arti...

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Yodpitak Chor Nateetong - Femeu Knees & the Art of Spacing (80 min)

Kru Tak is one of these teachers who has a definite style, which is Femeu (Thai for "artful"), slick, playful but punishing, and supremely hard to stand in front of. And yet, the depth of his knowl...

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Sylvie's Technique Vlog - The Non-Switch Lead Kick

My technique vlogs aren't demo videos. They are just plain old discussions of my personal experiences in training techniques that I work on as a fighter. They are just vlogging about the things...

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Muay Thai Bones Podcast #21 - How to Beat Saenchai, The Magic of Technique, Westerners & Aggression, Namkabuan (1 hr, 40 min)

Welcome to episode 21 of the Muay Thai Bones podcast. As a patron you get the audio version (above) and the reading notes to all the interesting things that we reference in our talk. We call it the...

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Tepniramit Sitsamnao | Defend and Punish: Old School Pattaya Muay (75 min)

Tepniramit is a very cool entry to the Library, and sessions like this are a big part of what our documentary project is about. We have entries with absolute Legends, the best of the best fighters ...

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Muay Thai 4 MMA | The Teep as a System: Lessons from the Library

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Sylvie's Technique Vlog - Getting on Your Toes

This one is something I've been working on in cycles. I get instructed or corrected on it, I work on it, I get better at it, then it falls away as something I've already taken care of and I end up ...

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Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, My End of Year Awards: vol 4 (Jan, 2021)

Our Note: With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate ...

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A MTBs Podcast Shard - To Wrestle With the Angel (26 min)

This is an unusual addendum to our usual podcasting, as it's only one topic. Kevin made a film short, which he titled To Wrestle With the Angel, which is about my sparring with the Golden Age Legen...

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Yodwicha Por Boonsit 3 - Spearing the Middle, Fighting With Rhythm (66 min)

I was very excited to get more of Yodwicha for the Muay Thai Library, not only because he's an excellent teacher and I love his Muay Khao style, but also because he's developed a great deal over th...

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Sylvie's Technique Vlog - How to Use Bagwork in Thailand

My change in understanding the purpose, or aim, of bagwork in so far as how it's used in Thailand is a very recent one. I've been wailing on the bag for years and years, not without benefi...

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Muay Thai Bones Podcast #20 - 90 Min Edition: 15 Rules for Muay Thai, Building My Own Training

We're trying something a bit new with this episode, a shorter version, more frequent shot on the couch rather than driving across Thailand on the way home from a fight.  We still speak in dept...

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Khunpinit Giattawan Freestyle: Southern Power Femeu Style (71 min)

Khunpinit trained at and fought out of the Kaewsamrit Gym, alongside Anuwat; Khunpinit fought Saenchai (4x) during the time that Saenchai was a formidable stadium fighter, and he gave up weight aga...

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Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, fights coming up: vol 3 (Dec, 2020)

Our Note: With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate ...

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Sylvie's Technique Vlog #22 - Guard: Palms Facing Outward (17 min)

This technique is something I've only been working with for less than a month, so it's truly something that I'm still learning a lot about just by experimenting with it in my training as I go. This...

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Muay Thai Bones Podcast #19 (Apple & Android) - Scoring Like Poker, Kemical X, Menstrual Cycles & Training

Another insanely amazing podcast clocking in at 4 hours. Come with us as we drive from Phatthailong in the South of Thailand, talking all things deep and of concern to us, and hopefully our listene...

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Pairojnoi Sor. Siamchai - Balance, Footwork & Intensity (61 min)

Pairojnoi has a very unassuming energy. He's lightly awkward but notably very sweet even in short exchanges. If given a hundred guesses, I'd likely not have connected him to his Golden Age self, wh...

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Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, fights coming up: vol 2 (early Nov, 2020)

Our Note: With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate ...

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Hippy Singmanee 3 - Basics of Balance, Rhythm & Footwork (75 min)

I love learning from Hippy. Not only is actually just being around him enjoyable - he's a View Post

Sylvie's Technique Vlog #21 - Your Ambient Footwork (15 min)

This is a concept that I've only recently been working on, even though I've worked on elements that are kind of "adjacent" to it. I call this "Ambient Footwork" because it's how you move between ev...

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Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, fights coming up: vol 1 (Oct 2020)

With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate in their w...

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Wangchannoi Sor. Palangchai #2 - The Secret Powers of a Cool Heart (77 min)

We, and so many of you, loved 1st Wangchannoi's session (watch that one here) so much that we went back and got anothe...

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A Day With Sangtiennoi: What An Authentic Muay Thai Gym is Like (70 min)

Always looking to create new kinds of content, made possible through the support of patrons. This is a detailed look at the experience of training at one of the more "authentic" gyms of Thailand, t...

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My Interview With Legend Padejseuk Pitsanurachan (English subs)

Above is a (public) interview with Silver/Golden Age Legend, Padejseuk, be sure to turn on English subtitles (the cc icon on YouTube). He's 64 years old and an incredible energy that mixes his swee...

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Wangchannoi Sor Palangchai #1 - Deadly Step Counter Fighting (72 min)

Wangchannoi was known as "Little Chivas," a nickname he got for his tendency to party after his fights. The year he became Fighter of the Year in 1993, his nickname changed to "Mr. 33 Second Punch,...

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Muay Thai Bones Podcast - #18 (Apple & Android) The End of Muay Khao, Really a Fighter?, Werewolf Within, Millimeters (2 hrs, 10 min)

The newest Muay Thai Bones is up! We're on the road again, this time coming back from filming Muay Thai Library session in Bangkok (Wangchannoi and Hippy) heading home to Pattaya. Come along with u...

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Sylvie's Technique Vlog #20 - Jang-wa, Rhythm and Timing

This technique vlog is a bit different in that it's more a concept than a direct technique, but it's an elementary concept that affects every technique you will ever use. Jang-wa ...

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WBC Champ "Eagle" Den Junlaphan - The Roots of His Boxing Movement (63 min)

Kru Den has a small gym, Eagle Gym in Pattaya. He's a 2x WBC World Champion at "Straw Weight" or "Minimum Weight", according to his Wikipedia entry, making him the 3rd WBC World Champion to be adde...

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Padejseuk Pitsanurachan - Old School Greatness (67 min)

Arjan Padejseuk is a wonderful entry into the Library, really special for me personally. He's a Silver/Golden Age fighter, won Fighter of the Year in 1979, and is one of only a few of fighters ever...

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